Rugby

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Rookie Leroy Carter was still coming to terms with his inclusion in the All Blacks squad to play in Argentina in the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship when he made the shocking discovery.

The Tragically Hip is doing its bit to help support the Canadian women's rugby team ahead of this month's World Cup in England.

SYDNEY (AP) — British and Irish Lions hooker Dan Sheehan was suspended for four matches on Monday for his illegal ruck clearout of Australia's Tom Lynagh at the weekend.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson has selected loose-forward Simon Parker among four uncapped players in his extended squad for the Rugby Championship which begins for New Zealand with back-to-back matches in Argent

SYDNEY (AP) — The Wallabies prevented a British and Irish Lions clean sweep of its Australian tour with a rousing 22-12 win in the third rugby test on a night of wild weather Saturday at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium.

SYDNEY (AP) — When talk of a 3-nil series sweep started in the week leading up to the second test, British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell was careful to play down those prospects in the full expectation of a potent comeback from Australia.

SYDNEY (AP) — Taniela Tupou has been recalled at tighthead and Nic White will return for his final international appearance in a reworked Wallabies lineup trying to prevent the British and Irish Lions completing a 3-0 series sweep on Saturday night.

Star forward Sophie de Goede returns to the starting lineup Friday as the second-ranked Canadian women host the 10th-ranked U.S. in Ottawa in their final home game before leaving for the Rugby World Cup.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt spoke about the “wicked backlash that sport can have" after his team was denied victory in the second test against the British and Irish Lions on Saturday by a last-gasp try .

LANGFORD — Alexandra Tessier will captain Canada's second-ranked squad when the 2025 Rugby World Cup kicks off in England. Rugby Canada announced Thursday its 32-player roster for the elite women's rugby tournament.